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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Carryout Text

Carryout Text is a site dedicated to creating a simple way for you to convert text into audio. The text is converted into an MP3 format. This makes it very feasible to take lectures notes that you have created for students and make it into an audio file that students can listen too. It could be very beneficial in creating a way for students who struggle with reading to have audio to following along with.

Carryout Text is a site dedicated to creating a simple way for you to convert text into audio. The text is converted into an MP3 format. This makes it very feasible to take lectures notes that you have created for students and make it into an audio file that students can listen too. It could be very beneficial in creating a way for students who struggle with reading to have audio to following along with.

You can copy and paste text or you can upload the text from a file. The information you provide will then be converted and will take time to do. The time will all depend upon how long the text is. A 412 character text (the paragraph above) took about 10 seconds. The file will be available for 24 hours. When the process is complete, you can play it through the web, or download the file. It provides the length and size of the file as well.

I have to tell you, I am impressed with the quality. This could be a very useful tool for Special Education teachers. I HIGHLY recommend sharing this with your teachers. Hopefully when Carryout Text is no longer in beta they will have some options for educators.

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